KSC-01PP-1310 - STS-105 Commander Horowitz gets ready to drive M-113 as part of TCDT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-105 Commander Scott Horowitz is ready to take the wheel
of the M-113 armored personnel carrier that is part of emergency egress training at the
pad. The training is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also
include a simulated launch countdown and familiarization with the payload. Other STS-105
crew members taking part are Pilot Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialists Daniel Barry and
Patrick Forrester; and the Expedition Three crew, Commander Frank Culbertson, and
cosmonauts Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin. Mission STS-105 will be
transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and scientific experiments to the
International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The current Expedition Two crew
members on the Station will return to Earth on Discovery. Launch of Discovery is scheduled
no earlier than Aug. 9, 2001.
07/18/2001